Cattle-tie.



Pat'entgd out. 3, |899.

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UNITED STATES n PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST nYN'ELn'or1 GRANTSEURG, WISCONSIN.

cTTLE-TIE.

sPEcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,129, dated. oci-,eter e, ieeei Application filed January 28,- 1899. Serial No. 708,644. o model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may cmi/cern,.-

Be it known that I, vAUGUST BYNELL, of Grantsburg, county of Burnett, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to devices or appli-A ances for tying Vcattle in stalls, stock-cars,

rbc., andis designed especially as an improvement ofthe devices used for the same Vpurpose shown and described in Letters .Patent No. 252,424, granted tonie January 17, 1882. The object of my invention is to provide a cattle-tie of such constructionr that the animals are prevented from' moving about in the stalls, thus dispensing with the usual partitions between them.

The invention consists generally of an upper yoke to rest upon the neck of the animal, said yoke having looped ends and a spring and formed with upwardly-turned fianges,

' forming with the under side of the yoke a convex surface in cross-section to the sides and under face of'the yoke, a lower yoke, chains adju stably connecting said yokes, and a chain pivotally secured to said lower yoke.

Further, the invention consists in upper and lower yokes, chains adj ustably connecting said yokes, and a chain having one end swiveled to the lower yoke and its other end adapted to be secured to the walls or manger and provided with a branch chain also adapted to be secured to the wall or manger.

Further, the invention consists in. various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved cattle-tie, showing the manner of adjusting the chains between the yokes`. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the tie provided with a branch chain. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the upper yoke` In the drawings, 2 is the upper yoke, preferably slightly curved to iit the neck of the animal and provided with vloops formed by the turned-up ends 3 and between theloops with upwardly-turned flanges 4, which presenta rounded surface and prevent the edges of the yoke from wearing the neck of the animal. Between the upwardly-turned flanges upon the upper side of the yoke I prefer'to provide a dat spring 5, held in place, preferably near its middle portion, by a rivet 6 and having its ends nnderlappin g the looped ends 3, formin g therewith spring-snaps to prevent the connections between the yokes from being acc-identally disengaged from the looped ends of the yoke. 7At the lower end of the tie I provide a yoke `7, preferably short-er than the yoke 2, having openings or eyelet-h'oles 8 in its ends, to which the lower ends of chain 10 are secured, the links at the upper ends of said chains being passed over said loops and held in place by the ends of said spring. Aswivel l1 is preferably .provided in the yoke 7, to which one end of the chain l2 is connected,

the other or free end of the chain having al staple I3,r by means of. which the tie may be secured to the wall or manger of the cattlestall. 1

I do not confine myself to the use of the chainfor securing the device to the manger, as a rope or cable may be used for this purpose, if preferred, and I mayalso use ropes or similar devices in place of the chains l0. In Fig. 2 I have shown a branch chain 14, having one end connected to a link of the chain l2 and its free end provided with a staple corresponding to the staple 13 described above. The purpose of this branch chain is to permit the tie to be secured to the wall of the stall or manger upon opposite sides of the animal, thus preventing the animal from moving about and obviating the necessity of partitions between the stalls.

I prefer to make the yokes of malleable iron, andV all the `parts of the device may be made by any blacksmith and put together at a comparatively small expense.

While I have shown the preferred construction and arrangement of the parts, I do not confine myself to the details, as obviously they may be varied by any man skilled in matters pretaining thereto.

I claim as my invention- I l. A cattle-tie comprising an upper curved yoke 2 having looped ends 3 and-a spring 5 between said loops, said yoke between its ends being formed with npwardlyturned anges 4, which together with the under face of the yoke form a convex surface in crosssectiou to the sides and under face of the IOO Y yoke, n lower yoke 7, chainsV 10 secured to Vdivcrging chains l2 and 14 having swivel c011- siridryoekc 7 and having adjustable connecnection to the yoke 7 and provided wit-h tions with lLhe looped ends of the yoke 2, and staples for securing the diverging chains to a chain l2 swiveled to the yoke 7 and having l the wall of the manger or ab opposite points x5 5 means for securing the chain to the floor or andhus take the place of parbioionsbetween wall of a manger, substantially as described. the stalls substantially as described.

2. Y A cattle-tie, comprisinfr an Vupper yoke Y Y -T Y 2 having looped ends 3 and asprng 5 between Y AUGUST B l NELL said loops, a lower yoke 7, chains l0 secured VVtnesses:

WILLAM HOFFSTEAD, GILBERT I-IANSON.

ro to said yoke 7 having adjustable connections with the looped ends of said yoke 2, and the 

